Comments on: Commuting in Mumbai

By: Jaiwit

Jaiwit — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:22:44 +0000

Yeah, my Indian …
Yeah, my Indian friend who I travelled with said the same thing, almost identical words.

By: Jibbie49

Jibbie49 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:22:44 +0000

I worked for an …
I worked for an Indian Doctor in Chicago (a Cardiologist)and he said with over population life is cheap. I hate to think that.

By: Jaiwit

Jaiwit — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:22:44 +0000

So India 1, New …
So India 1, New York City 0.

Although I don’t imagine New York City has the same problem with people dying from falling off the top of the trains….

By: Jibbie49

Jibbie49 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:22:44 +0000

There was a news …
There was a news article about Men on the trains in New York City “feeling up” American women in the crowded trains, so it is a problem here. They even put “Decoy” policewomen on the trains to catch real serious offenders.

By: freakinfloydu

freakinfloydu — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:22:44 +0000

The problem is…. …
The problem is….people have been behaving like this on trains in Mumbai for soooo many years now…its practically impossible to put in a social sense of order.They simply want to commute like this and create chaos. Any attempt to bring order or some rules means some express their anger or gangs travelling together protest. Noone wants to miss their train and noone wants to wait. People have accustomed themselves to this hardship..changing it now would throw their schedules of course.

By: lookyeahhohon

lookyeahhohon — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:22:44 +0000

the hand rails …
the hand rails should be installed outside the trains so more people can ‘ride’

By: stone0000

stone0000 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:22:44 +0000

they did at least …
they did at least one thing right,the girls and guys are separated.

By: onegoodman66

onegoodman66 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:22:44 +0000

It’s funny to see …
It’s funny to see the handicap symbol on that train…

By: Jaiwit

Jaiwit — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:22:44 +0000

The ladies can ride …
The ladies can ride in any cars. The men are not allowed to ride in the ladies cars.

The reason I was given that the ladies should not ride in the other cars is that there are a lot of frustrated men in India and since the cars are so crowded, its easy for certain men to take advantage of the forced physical contact.

Of course its the ladies choice which car they ride in, its just much more comfortable in the ladies only cars.

By: flubbaj

flubbaj — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:22:44 +0000

They have ladies …
They have ladies only cars there? Is there any reason why the ladies should not ride in the other cars?